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the ryan/romney plan would not do that. in fact by turning it into a voucher program, throwing seniors into the tender mercies into the private insurance market and capping growth the way they do, ultimately they'll ship thousands of dollars on the backs of seniors and medicare itself will be in a death spiral because it will be dissipated by seniors who -- healthy seniors going into a private system, leaving sick seniors in the existing medicare program. they don't believe in medicare, george. let's be honest. he doesn't believe in the medicare problem. newt gingrich called it right-wing social engineering when he served his medicare plan. >> polling said that he could help in the state of the wisconsin. and it will also help the midwest states of iowa. bottom line, does paul ryan help the ticket? >> well, that did remains to be seen. i think it help voters clarify what this is about. building an economy meant to last, invest in the middle class, education and training and the kind of things that we need to compete and giv
the ryan/romney plan would not do that. in fact by turning it into a voucher program, throwing seniors into the tender mercies into the private insurance market and capping growth the way they do, ultimately they'll ship thousands of dollars on the backs of seniors and medicare itself will be in a death spiral because it will be dissipated by seniors who -- healthy seniors going into a private system, leaving sick seniors in the existing medicare program. they don't believe in medicare, george....
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"the wall street journal" calling on romney to pick ryan. the romney campaign saying they had already made their choice. other names reacting to the news, florida senator marco rubio thought to be a possible pick saying fall ryan is a truly inspired choice. pawlenty calling ryan a bold thingser. and republican portman saying paul ryan was a leading voice on one of the most pressing issues facing our country. who is paul ryan? tonight, we look at the side you haven't seen. the side now in the national spotlight. >> reporter: at 42 years old, paul ryan is also a family man. the father of three children, liza, charlie and sam, right there with him today. a catholic, he's been married to his wife janna, a tax lawyer for 12 years now. he proposed to her while celebrating another love, fly flishing in northern wisconsin. an avid outdoorsman he loves to hunt. the youngest of four children. he still lives down the block from the house he grew up in and even though he's been a congressman in washington for 14 years, elected at just 28 years old, his
"the wall street journal" calling on romney to pick ryan. the romney campaign saying they had already made their choice. other names reacting to the news, florida senator marco rubio thought to be a possible pick saying fall ryan is a truly inspired choice. pawlenty calling ryan a bold thingser. and republican portman saying paul ryan was a leading voice on one of the most pressing issues facing our country. who is paul ryan? tonight, we look at the side you haven't seen. the side now...
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what is a romney/ryan presidency going to look like? >> the reason why romney is bringing in all of these mad men, the madison avenue executives, they want to create a human connection. i agree with you, that the pain isn't his. that's part of his problem. he can't relate to what real people out there are facing. yes, he can claim to be a problem solver. the question is, does he have the solutions? i think that the challenge for him is that personally, he's never faced some sort of crucible that he's had to overcome. but people love that story. >> he's had lots of personal problems. >> clearly, obviously, ann romney having issues like m.s., that's clearly a challenge. i'm sure they'll talk about that. overall, he hasn't to pull himself up by his boot straps. that's the crucible. they got to make him human. >> governor, the flip side is, president obama has had almost four years and frankly, if you're not better off, we know his economic strategy, if it didn't work, if it didn't make your life better, you're like, okay, let's try somethi
what is a romney/ryan presidency going to look like? >> the reason why romney is bringing in all of these mad men, the madison avenue executives, they want to create a human connection. i agree with you, that the pain isn't his. that's part of his problem. he can't relate to what real people out there are facing. yes, he can claim to be a problem solver. the question is, does he have the solutions? i think that the challenge for him is that personally, he's never faced some sort of...
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bankrupt through the romney/ryan apprch. the president getting savings from the insurance company, waste. you got the romney/ryan approach, we're going to get all of the money from medicare beneficiaries. i think on the question in florida and ohio and other states, who do you trust to protect medicare and reduce our deficit to get the savings from the system and not putting it on the back of beneficiaries of medicare. >> and one place you disagree with the romney/ryan ticket are the ads on welfare reform, neither governor romney or congressman ryan have mentioned welfare in their convention speeches. but here's the ad they have been running. >> gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama plan, he wouldn't have to work and train for work. i know that you disagree with the ad. my question is, it doesn't seem to deter governor romney. question is, why? many of your supporters have accused the romney team of playing the race card, the dnc chair called it a dog whistle for voters when casting their ballot. does
bankrupt through the romney/ryan apprch. the president getting savings from the insurance company, waste. you got the romney/ryan approach, we're going to get all of the money from medicare beneficiaries. i think on the question in florida and ohio and other states, who do you trust to protect medicare and reduce our deficit to get the savings from the system and not putting it on the back of beneficiaries of medicare. >> and one place you disagree with the romney/ryan ticket are the ads...
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the romney/ryan plan wouldn't take hold until the 23rd year of this century. if you still want to keep medicare, you can keep it. now, the question is, will he want to address technicalities like this heat t moment when he has the biggested a against he'll have all year? >> and the romney team is saying the answer to that is no. what we're going to see from him, him telling his own story. a character witness for mitt romney, and drawing out the differences, broad differences on policy. donna, i know you talk to a lot of democrats in the white house. what did they make of last night overall, this attempt to reintroduce mitt romney at that convention? >> i think they thoughty and large ann romney did a great job, in opening up that playbook. but on the other hand, heard from chris christie and it was me, me, me. they don't understand why he was chosen to give the keynote speech. it was a good introduction by ann romney, but it fell flat with chris christie. >> you are hearing the same thing? >> that's true. it took him, the text i had, 4 1/2 pages long, the top
the romney/ryan plan wouldn't take hold until the 23rd year of this century. if you still want to keep medicare, you can keep it. now, the question is, will he want to address technicalities like this heat t moment when he has the biggested a against he'll have all year? >> and the romney team is saying the answer to that is no. what we're going to see from him, him telling his own story. a character witness for mitt romney, and drawing out the differences, broad differences on policy....
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what romney/ryan does is actually restore those cuts. because that's what we need to do and it looks at other ways to make medicare solvent for future generations. so, those are very big difference and okay, i only have a couple of minutes late, some thoughts on independent groups and stephanie, when the pro-obama super pack priorities usa action, suggested that romney was responsible for a death of steelworker's wife, you said, quote, i don the facts when the individual's wife got sick, you were on a conference call when that steelworker himself told the story. can you explain that? >> i didn't know the facts of his wife got sick and i only recently learned through all of the hysteria over that ad. jake, what i do is what his experience was with gs steel, romney paid himself excess profits and fees, forced that company into bankruptcy and the federal government had to bail out those pensions because of mr. romney's actions. that's the story that i know. and you know, there are stories all over the country. because of mr. romney's profit
what romney/ryan does is actually restore those cuts. because that's what we need to do and it looks at other ways to make medicare solvent for future generations. so, those are very big difference and okay, i only have a couple of minutes late, some thoughts on independent groups and stephanie, when the pro-obama super pack priorities usa action, suggested that romney was responsible for a death of steelworker's wife, you said, quote, i don the facts when the individual's wife got sick, you...
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romney's pick. week" george stephanopoulos for more on the romney/ryan ticket. okay first impressions. we saw them in virginia together. if their goal was to rally the conservative base, did they do that? >> yes. you saw a lot of excitement on mitt romney's face. romney was a better campaigner yesterday with paul ryan by his side. i think that could make a difference in his campaign. as david just pointed out, democrats are very energized by this pick as well. >> they know him very well. he does comes with his own budget plans. with the unemployment stuck above 8%, is now the time that americans want to focus on fiscal policy? >> deficit and reduction is not as high as unemployment. their plans will be better for job creation in the long term. but what the democrats will target is that this idea of the deep cuts in entitlement programs that ryan and romney are calling for along with the deep cuts in the rest of government spending is actually going to cripple the economy. they're doing while helping wealthy millionaires with tax cuts. this is going to be the cor
romney's pick. week" george stephanopoulos for more on the romney/ryan ticket. okay first impressions. we saw them in virginia together. if their goal was to rally the conservative base, did they do that? >> yes. you saw a lot of excitement on mitt romney's face. romney was a better campaigner yesterday with paul ryan by his side. i think that could make a difference in his campaign. as david just pointed out, democrats are very energized by this pick as well. >> they know him...
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now, it's romney/ryan, or is it ryan/romney? either way, their theory's been tested. it fails. our economy fails. the middle class paid the price. your family paid the price. mitt romney just doesn't get it. but barack obama gets it. he understands that when we invest in people, we're investing in our shared prosperity. and when we neglect that responsibility, we risk our promise as a nation. just a few years ago, families that had never asked for anything found themselves at risk of losing everything. and the dream my grandmother held that work would be rewarded, that the middle class would be there, if not for her, then her children, that dream was being crushed. but then president obama took office, and she took action. when detroit was in trouble, president obama saved the auto industry, and saved a million jobs. seven presidents before him, republicans and democrats, tried to expand health care to all americans. president obama got it done. he made an historic investment to lift our nation's public schools and expanded pell grants so that more young people can afford colle
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but there's a very aggressive pushback by the romney/ryan teams. which includes, talking about cuts the president made to medicare to pay for obama care and other benefits in that program, and also, of course, bringing out his mother, talking about the need to have a serious discussion to preserve medicare for future retirees. we haven't seen that have the desired effect, but that's their aggressive approach. >> all of this back and forth, is super confusing who's worried about their future in the medicare program. >>> let's talk about this new attack ad that team obama has launched. i want to play for it and get your response on the back end. check it out. >> and both romney and ryan back proposals to outlaw abortion. even in cases of rape and incest. for women, for president, the choice is ours. >> how potent is this for team obama? >> well, they think very potent. of course, as we talked about before, women voters are the key in this election. president obama needs to win them overwhelmingly and they think that this position from romney and ryan
but there's a very aggressive pushback by the romney/ryan teams. which includes, talking about cuts the president made to medicare to pay for obama care and other benefits in that program, and also, of course, bringing out his mother, talking about the need to have a serious discussion to preserve medicare for future retirees. we haven't seen that have the desired effect, but that's their aggressive approach. >> all of this back and forth, is super confusing who's worried about their...
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>> well, george, if romney is the nominee, then this really going to be the romney/ryan plan, he said that he's going to rubber stamp it. they said really what they need in the president is someone with enough digits to sign legislation. the budget fails the test of balance and shared responsibility. it's not a balanced approach. it asks nothing of the weal wealthiest. it devastates things like education and it vouch rises medicare. the president's approach is the right approach. whether it's the commission -- anybody out there who's offered a deficit reduction plan, it has to have balance, it has to cut spending. we cut a lot of spending, almost $2 trillion. the ryan plan, the romney/ryan plan doesn't do any of that, it drastically cuts in areas that would help the economy. >> you mentioned the simpson bowles plan, the senate democrats haven't even come guard with a budget for years. >> listen on simpson bowles there was a lot of elements of that ended up in the president's deficit reduction plan. lot of the ideas of that -- we did have some issues with that. we thought that the soci
>> well, george, if romney is the nominee, then this really going to be the romney/ryan plan, he said that he's going to rubber stamp it. they said really what they need in the president is someone with enough digits to sign legislation. the budget fails the test of balance and shared responsibility. it's not a balanced approach. it asks nothing of the weal wealthiest. it devastates things like education and it vouch rises medicare. the president's approach is the right approach. whether...
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look, he mentioned -- >> what would romney/ryan do about that credibility? >> well, we agree with the same red line they do on chemical weapons. but not putting american troops in, other than to secure those chemical weapons. they're right about this. but what we should have done earlier is work with those freedom fighters, those dissidents in syria. we should not have called assad a reformer. and -- >> what is your criteria -- >> we should not have waited for russia to give us the green light at the u.n. to do something about it. they're still arming the man. iran is flying flights over iraq -- >> and the opposition is being armed. >> to help bashar assad -- and, by the way, if we had the status of forces agreement that the vice president said he would bet his vice president on in iraq, we probably would have been able to prevent that. he failed to achieve that, as well. >> i don't -- >> what is your criteria for interventi intervention? >> in syria? >> worldwide. >> national security of the american people. it's got to be in the national interest of our co
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but there is uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan. because they haven't specified the deductions that will be closed and we know where the big money is, charitable deductions, employee-provided health care. all of those, you either, hit only the rich, or you hit the middle class. >> during the great depression, we raised taxes five years in a row, it was disaster, it expended the depression. what does president obama want to do, raise taxes. take it out of the productive economy and give it to the nonproductive economy. >> the percentage of gdp has gone way up. this is the thinking that got us in the problem in the. first place. >> we got to take a break. lots more to come for our powerhouse roundtable. ♪ [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we unde
but there is uncertainty surrounding the romney/ryan tax cut plan. because they haven't specified the deductions that will be closed and we know where the big money is, charitable deductions, employee-provided health care. all of those, you either, hit only the rich, or you hit the middle class. >> during the great depression, we raised taxes five years in a row, it was disaster, it expended the depression. what does president obama want to do, raise taxes. take it out of the productive...
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and obama tried to portray the romney/ryan plan for medicare in that light. >> when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. and over time, if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they're stuck. >> reporter: for his part, romney zeroed in on what may be obama's big vulnerability, the unpopularity of his health care plan and the sense that he took his eye off the economic ball when he pushed for it. >> i just don't know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the kitchen table and spend his energy and passion for two years fighting for obama care instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> reporter: president obama and governor romney have been battling it out on the stump, barnstorming the swing states and flooding the air waves with increasingly negative ads. >> obama quietly ended work requirements for welfare. you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. >> reporter: in the cross hairs, on the s
and obama tried to portray the romney/ryan plan for medicare in that light. >> when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. and over time, if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they're stuck. >> reporter: for his part, romney zeroed in on what may be obama's big vulnerability, the unpopularity of his health care plan and the sense that he took his eye off the economic ball when he pushed for it. >> i...
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mitt romney, chooses wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his running mate. he is set to announce this at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the rising star of the party seen as a bold choice, set to shake up the race. >> can the wisconsin congressman give mitt romney the boost he needs? or will his controversial budget plan drag down the ticket? we have all of the news this morning from abc news' political team, including george stephanopoulos. >>> caught on tape. the terrifying bus accident as viewed from the inside. watch as it rolls over and then splits into two. we hear from the survivors. and why have there been so many bus accidents recently? >>> and the ultimate hollywood guessing game this morning. are brad and angelina getting married this morning? the rumors are swirling. they're at their favorite french chateau. his family is there. and george clooney, just an hour away. >>> good morning, everyone. dan harris is off. we're thrilled to have abc's david muir joining us this morning. great to have you. and we do have breaking news this morning. mitt romney is set to
mitt romney, chooses wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his running mate. he is set to announce this at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the rising star of the party seen as a bold choice, set to shake up the race. >> can the wisconsin congressman give mitt romney the boost he needs? or will his controversial budget plan drag down the ticket? we have all of the news this morning from abc news' political team, including george stephanopoulos. >>> caught on tape. the terrifying bus accident as...
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. >> president obama congratulated the romney ryan camp on a hard fought campaign. >>> a little closer to home get ready for table games like blackjack and other casino games built in maryland. >> voters have approve questions by a narrow margei and linda so is live at arundel mills this morning and linda what does this mean for the casinos like the one behind you. >> reporter: it means they can now make way for expanding gambling like the kind you see in atlantic city or las vegas and they can put in table games like roulette alongside the slot machines and it means a 6th casino will be built in prince george's county and they -- georges county and they celebrated with fireworks last night in pg county where supporters had gathered. it was a close vote but at around midnight we learned that question 7 had passed. there was a lot of money spent on the campaign from both side supporters saying the extra money earned will go to schools opponents don't believe that will happen. but in the end maryland will be getting table games and another casino in pg county. county executivglad that vo
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after wisconsin, the ryan/romney show will split up. as romney heads to florida. and ryan to iowa. with two candidates, a chance to cover twice as much ground. ♪ jonathan karl, abc news, high point, north carolina. >> president obama, welcomed ryan to the race. during a fund raiser in chicago. at the mention of ryan's name, the crowd began to boo. president obama cut them off and said ryan is a decent family man. the president said he is an articulate spokesman for mr. romney's vision but mr. obama does not agree fundamentally with the vision and the president attacked ryan's economic plan. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle-down fairy dust before and guess what it did not work. >> the president and paul ryan are both campaigning today in iowa. >>> mitt romney campaigns today in florida where there are so many electoral votes at stake. our campaign coverage continues this morning with abc news political analyst cokie roberts on what ryan brings to the gop ticket. >> reporter: mitt romney's choice of paul ryan as his runningmate has certainly made conservatives enthusiasti
after wisconsin, the ryan/romney show will split up. as romney heads to florida. and ryan to iowa. with two candidates, a chance to cover twice as much ground. ♪ jonathan karl, abc news, high point, north carolina. >> president obama, welcomed ryan to the race. during a fund raiser in chicago. at the mention of ryan's name, the crowd began to boo. president obama cut them off and said ryan is a decent family man. the president said he is an articulate spokesman for mr. romney's vision...
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they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays on his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan got personal. >> joe and i are from similar towns. he's from pennsylvania, i'm from wisconsin. you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> i sure do. >> it's 10%. >> yeah. >> you know what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. >> reporter: for a vice presidential debate, the stakes were high tonight. after mitt romney's big win in denver and president obama's no-show performance there, biden needed to stop the bleeding. ryan was going for the jugular, seeking to build the momentum republicans are feeling. >> the next time you hear them say, don't worry about it, we'll get a few wealthy people to pay their fair share, watch out, middle class. the tax bill is coming to you. >> reporter: there was a stark generation gap on that stage tonight. joe biden, born in 1942, is older than the baby boomers. paul ryan, born in 1970, is younger than the baby boomers. and ryan looks it. today, "time" magazine published photos taken last year an
they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays on his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan got personal. >> joe and i are from similar towns. he's from pennsylvania, i'm from wisconsin. you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> i sure do. >> it's 10%. >> yeah. >> you know what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. >> reporter: for a vice presidential debate, the stakes were high...
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i think the supporters of the romney ryan campaign are going to expect to hear from this president what he's going to do to now bring this nation together. >> and we can see the tears all around you, david, icht to head over to president obama's head quarters and we have a thing where we're all in this together, that's how we campaigned that's who we are, thank you bram bram -- barack obama. >> normally we're used to a president accepting a victory such as this with a big speech. we first got indication that he was declaring victory via tweet saying four more years and then this tweet signed by the president saying we're all in this together, that's how we campaigned and that's who we are, thank you, signed bo. itis electric here at campaign head quarters in chicago. they are crying tears but different from the tears in romney hq. people are very excited. therewas eight -- a lot of concern that the economic problems the country was having the difficulties barack obama was having that this was going to be a long night. it turns out not so long afterall. this is the third president in a r
i think the supporters of the romney ryan campaign are going to expect to hear from this president what he's going to do to now bring this nation together. >> and we can see the tears all around you, david, icht to head over to president obama's head quarters and we have a thing where we're all in this together, that's how we campaigned that's who we are, thank you bram bram -- barack obama. >> normally we're used to a president accepting a victory such as this with a big speech. we...
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congressman from wisconsin as well, thinks the whole romney campaign has to be more in the ryan playbook, has to be putting out more bold and specific ideas, is he right? >> i don't think he quite said it that way. i know that he said that months ago. he's not right as we see here today. >> you used the words bold and specific this week. >> i'll tell you about specifics first mitt romney talks all the time about reducing gdp, reducing small business taxes. reducing income taxes across the board by 20%. for crying out loud, we got paul ryan on the ticket. a budget that we passed to get ahold of the debt window the deficits that are out of control. that the president promised that he would fix. as far as specifics go, we're the only ones talking about saving medicare. we got specifics. coming out of our eyeballs, d s that we need to keep pounding away on those specifics and keep talking about those specifics so that the american people know, because, i think that people out there have made up their minds that clearly this president didn't fulfill the promises and the mission that he laid o
congressman from wisconsin as well, thinks the whole romney campaign has to be more in the ryan playbook, has to be putting out more bold and specific ideas, is he right? >> i don't think he quite said it that way. i know that he said that months ago. he's not right as we see here today. >> you used the words bold and specific this week. >> i'll tell you about specifics first mitt romney talks all the time about reducing gdp, reducing small business taxes. reducing income...
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i'm planning on voting for romney/ryan. >> reporter: people like dave, friend of the nra. >> this is my big game rifle. it shoots really nicely. >> reporter: with a wall of hunting trophies that would make ernest hemingway jealous. >> i live in denver and i traditionally vote for democrats and i plan to do so this year. >> reporter: or travis, 31-year-old gay man who work s t a nonprofit in denver. "nightline" enlisted both men, plus one friend each for a little election experiment. to watch the debate with people of the opposing side. the idea, debate swap. two s forced to mingle. it meant going to the varsity sports bar where monday night football got downsized for one night. >> all of the tv sets -- >> reporter: a group called freedom works held its debate party there. the only person in the room wearing a barack obama button. dave and his stepson, romney voters both agreed to watch with planned parenthood, at the beauty bar in denver. >> do you feel like you're watching the broncos game in an oakland raiders bar? >> pretty close. that's a good anolg. >> reporter: keep in mind the
i'm planning on voting for romney/ryan. >> reporter: people like dave, friend of the nra. >> this is my big game rifle. it shoots really nicely. >> reporter: with a wall of hunting trophies that would make ernest hemingway jealous. >> i live in denver and i traditionally vote for democrats and i plan to do so this year. >> reporter: or travis, 31-year-old gay man who work s t a nonprofit in denver. "nightline" enlisted both men, plus one friend each for a...
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john schriffen, thank you. >>> we're now seven days into the newly minted romney-ryan ticket. and is snark and sniping is hitting new levels. it's "your voice, your vote." the latest? paul ryan has just released two years of tax returns. it has team obama asking, what about romney's returns? david kerley is at the white house with the latest this morning. david, i gotta ask you, does the obama campaign really think they're going to be able to cajole romney into releasing five years of tax returns? >> reporter: they think they can keep the issue alive, dan. that's what they're trying to do. they're going to continue to do so as well. what they did yesterday was send a letter to romney and say, give us five years of your returns that's three more -- and we won't ask for any more returns. the romney campaign said no, we followed the law, we're not going to do anything further. this will stay in the news. romney has to release last year's return once it's completed. when that comes up, it all gets talked about again. the obama campaign wants to keep talking about mitt romney, he's
john schriffen, thank you. >>> we're now seven days into the newly minted romney-ryan ticket. and is snark and sniping is hitting new levels. it's "your voice, your vote." the latest? paul ryan has just released two years of tax returns. it has team obama asking, what about romney's returns? david kerley is at the white house with the latest this morning. david, i gotta ask you, does the obama campaign really think they're going to be able to cajole romney into releasing five...
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well, her neighbor then countered, putting up signs of their own, supporting romney/ryan starting a bit of a sign war here in this neighborhood, and yet, remarkably all the neighbors here remain friendly. >> we all have the same common values, we want a safe country, we want to work. >> reporter: but they don't see eye to eye on how to get there. >> we need to be able to disagree about positions and vote for whomever we want to and not take it personally. >> but that's why i really get mad with obama. he didn't cross the aisle. >> reporter: these neighbors only have to live next door to one another, what happens when the division occurs inside the home? >> i think they need to see the humanity in the other and focus on that instead of politics. >> reporter: should they start baking cookies for each other. >> eye evangelize with cook is. >> reporter: food for thought. amy robach, abc news, mclean, virginia. >>> coming up next, who is going to win this presidential race? can the touchdown pass tell you? can these eyebrows? can something sold in this 7-eleven? be sure to watch for the answ
well, her neighbor then countered, putting up signs of their own, supporting romney/ryan starting a bit of a sign war here in this neighborhood, and yet, remarkably all the neighbors here remain friendly. >> we all have the same common values, we want a safe country, we want to work. >> reporter: but they don't see eye to eye on how to get there. >> we need to be able to disagree about positions and vote for whomever we want to and not take it personally. >> but that's...
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i simply hope this, i hope what paul ryan does is something fundamentally different than what mitt romney does and that can i hope he comes with just a modicum of truth and willing to defend their policies rather than to admit somehow they don't exi exist. >> finally will we see a different game from president obama in the next debate? >> i think now that barack obama has had the opportunity to meet both mitt romneys, i don't doubt that he'll make some adjustments. i know he's looking forward to the next debate. >> robert gibbs, thanks very much for your time this morning. >> george, thanks for having me. >> let's hear from the romney campaign. ed gillespie joining us this important. ed, thanks for getting up this morning. you heard robert right there, masterful, theatrical, fundamentally dishonest. i guess his basic point now about governor romney on his tax plan is either that he's not telling the truth about the scale of the tax plan or abandoning his economic theory. which one is it? >> well, the problem they have is that the debate's performance on wednesday evening was not a matter
i simply hope this, i hope what paul ryan does is something fundamentally different than what mitt romney does and that can i hope he comes with just a modicum of truth and willing to defend their policies rather than to admit somehow they don't exi exist. >> finally will we see a different game from president obama in the next debate? >> i think now that barack obama has had the opportunity to meet both mitt romneys, i don't doubt that he'll make some adjustments. i know he's...
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there's romney-ryan. how are you? >> good to see you. >> reporter: few days left. that's where we started, with the team trying to unseat the president. and they know they need ohio. inside, you can sense it. they know they have just few precious hours left. so, this is the buzz, two days out. >> can i speak with michael? >> reporter: volunteers calling lists of voters who they believe lean republican. so, the people you are calling right now, you have a hint they could be leaning republican, you just need to get in touch with them. >> that's right. >> reporter: president obama won this county four years ago. george w. bush won it in 2004 and they are determined to flip it back. tom gave up his sunday with his family to knock on doors. are you missing a game to do this? >> i have a radio in the car, so -- >> reporter: you'll have the score. that score tuesday night more important to him. >> i think we're at a very critical point, a historic election. >> reporter: we ride with him in a small team of volunteers to find the undecided voters, the romney campaign tellin
there's romney-ryan. how are you? >> good to see you. >> reporter: few days left. that's where we started, with the team trying to unseat the president. and they know they need ohio. inside, you can sense it. they know they have just few precious hours left. so, this is the buzz, two days out. >> can i speak with michael? >> reporter: volunteers calling lists of voters who they believe lean republican. so, the people you are calling right now, you have a hint they could...
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romney's new running mate hits the rough and tumble! paul ryan faces cheers and hecklers. our political team out in force, covering this brand-new race. >>> security breach. how did the jet skier climb a fence, walk across two runways in a giant airport? and why didn't the $100 million security system spot him? >>> cheating the heroes. charities promising to help veterans accused of using donations on lavish golf memberships. brian ross investigates. >>> and the original cosmo girl. remembering helen gurley brown who started the national conversation about sex and the single girl. >>> good evening. as we come on the air, it is a big new day in this presidential race turbo charged by mitt romney's brand-new running mate. congressman paul ryan bounded on to the campaign trail today. the crowds were raucous and he led the trail against the president. the president rallied the crowd of his own. it's "your voice your vote." the team is out enforce around the country on the candidates, the choices and george stephanopoulos is standing by with the bottom line on the next move. bu
romney's new running mate hits the rough and tumble! paul ryan faces cheers and hecklers. our political team out in force, covering this brand-new race. >>> security breach. how did the jet skier climb a fence, walk across two runways in a giant airport? and why didn't the $100 million security system spot him? >>> cheating the heroes. charities promising to help veterans accused of using donations on lavish golf memberships. brian ross investigates. >>> and the...
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the romney/ryan ticket has a new tv ad. >> did they come in and inherit a tough situation? absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. look where we are. the economy is barely limping along. don't raise taxes on small businesses. they're our job creators. >> smiling and laughing while ryan talked about issues. were his actions counterproductive. >> i'm happy to defend my dad. i don't think he needs defending. anytime folks on the far right are going after my father for smiling too much, that's a victory. my father spoke clearly to the american people about the facts. he did that for 90 minutes straight. this is not about how much my father splmiling or how many gallons of water the congressman drank nervously on the stage. my father arctticulated the visions of the president and he have continuing to build the middle class out and take the country forward. i was struck by paul ryan on a number of fronts. especially the position on afghanistan. i feel very strongly about that. >> i want to get to that -- go ahead,'m sorry. >> sure. look, i mean, you had him suggest, if n
the romney/ryan ticket has a new tv ad. >> did they come in and inherit a tough situation? absolutely. we're going in the wrong direction. look where we are. the economy is barely limping along. don't raise taxes on small businesses. they're our job creators. >> smiling and laughing while ryan talked about issues. were his actions counterproductive. >> i'm happy to defend my dad. i don't think he needs defending. anytime folks on the far right are going after my father for...
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. >>> an indiana man who had his forehead tattooed, speaking of idiot, with the romney/ryan logo says he has no regrets about it. >> eric hartsburg was paid for the space on his noggin. last night, kimmel asked him what he might do with the double-rs next. >> have you considered morphing your tattoo into something else, like a butterfly or something? >> absolutely not. i heard get it lasers off. but i don't think laser removal is covered under obama care. >> hartsburg says he is banking on a marco rubio/paul ryan ticket in 2016. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> stay tuned, everybody. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. so skin can replenish itself. online outfit piccolo headphones buy now broadway show megapixels place to sleep little roadster war and peace deep sea diving ninja app hipster glasses 5% cash back sign
. >>> an indiana man who had his forehead tattooed, speaking of idiot, with the romney/ryan logo says he has no regrets about it. >> eric hartsburg was paid for the space on his noggin. last night, kimmel asked him what he might do with the double-rs next. >> have you considered morphing your tattoo into something else, like a butterfly or something? >> absolutely not. i heard get it lasers off. but i don't think laser removal is covered under obama care. >>...
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the president calls the romney/ryan plan, bad math. david? >> abc's david kerley at the white house tonight, david, our thanks to you. >>> i want to bring in rick klein tracking all this for us too, as well. rick, the obama campaign has got to be happy with the numbers we showed at the top of the broadcast but also happy with something else tonight. let's go to the battleground map. you've been doing the math. abc news projecting obama with a considerable lead there when it comes to the electoral map and one state could change the game here, you say >> that's right. take a look at this. if you were to add in ohio's 18 votes for president obama all of a sudden he has a commanding lead, 255 of the 270 he needs. he'd only need one or more states to win. if romney doesn't win ohio he would virtually have to win every other battleground state to have a chance. >> rick, i wanted to take you back to the image we saw in david kerley's report. the pizza shop owner and when he walked in he said look at this guy's guns. i've never seen one so big, 6'3"
the president calls the romney/ryan plan, bad math. david? >> abc's david kerley at the white house tonight, david, our thanks to you. >>> i want to bring in rick klein tracking all this for us too, as well. rick, the obama campaign has got to be happy with the numbers we showed at the top of the broadcast but also happy with something else tonight. let's go to the battleground map. you've been doing the math. abc news projecting obama with a considerable lead there when it comes...
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forget, romney/ryan, it's romney/akin president obama wants you to think about. everything the obama team can do to mitt romney to more extreme out of the mainstream elements in his party. a win for president obama. that's exactly the sentiment that mitt romney can't afford to have eminate from the convention hall here in tampa. that's why mitt romney is doing everything he can to distance himself from todd akin and the comments. >> he has signed up for positions, extreme positions that are very consistent with the positions that a number of house republicans have taken. and whether he actually believes in those or not, i have no doubt that he would carry forward some of the things that he has talked about. >> i think it was a terrible statement on his part. i think it was uninformed. i think it was outrageous and offensive. i have asked him to get out of the race. i think, i have distanced myself, from the kind of thing he said as far as i possibly can. >> you hear there from mitt romney an apell to wipeal to wos so critical. a week to meet the mitt romney that
forget, romney/ryan, it's romney/akin president obama wants you to think about. everything the obama team can do to mitt romney to more extreme out of the mainstream elements in his party. a win for president obama. that's exactly the sentiment that mitt romney can't afford to have eminate from the convention hall here in tampa. that's why mitt romney is doing everything he can to distance himself from todd akin and the comments. >> he has signed up for positions, extreme positions that...
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what romney and ryan don't understand is that neither is opportunity the we have to invest in it. >> reporter: tonight's main event, former president bill clinton. his speech is aimed at those 2008 obama voters who are unhappy, but they're undecided now and they might beep persuadable. rob, paula. >> all right, karen. i heard somebody say regarding the first lady's speech and whether she got the job done. she said i love barack more now than four years age the problem is a lot of people don't feel the same. did she get the job done with her speech and pulling in maybe the disenchanted voters? >> paula, if you judged by reaction in the room she won them over. you are right, that's not who she is reaching out to. she is trying to reach the voters at home who are still a little iffy now on the president. they're not sure they would switch to mitt romney as well. this speech was personal, she talked about her biography, the values that she and the president share. but it was also partisan. it was political. but very subtly political. she did not mention romney at allen her speech. it was
what romney and ryan don't understand is that neither is opportunity the we have to invest in it. >> reporter: tonight's main event, former president bill clinton. his speech is aimed at those 2008 obama voters who are unhappy, but they're undecided now and they might beep persuadable. rob, paula. >> all right, karen. i heard somebody say regarding the first lady's speech and whether she got the job done. she said i love barack more now than four years age the problem is a lot of...
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what romney and ryan don't understand is neither is opportunity. we have to invest in it. [ cheers and applause ] >> governor martin omaly got a prime spot on tv. he spoke about an hour ago before the key note speech. >> there are some big issues the governor will have to weigh in on here in maryland tonight. but he focused tonight on supporting president barack obama. >> he is moving the country forward, not backwards. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley was on the attack. >> that never creidated american jobs -- created american jobs. governor romney, just because you bank against the united states of america doesn't mean the rest of us are willing to sell her out. >> reporter: the governor did not touch on any controversial issues voters in our state will face this november. the first three questions have to do with identification said for judges -- qualifications for judges. and then support for the children of undocumented immigrants in maryland. six is the same sex marriage issue. do you believe they should be able to get married in marylan
what romney and ryan don't understand is neither is opportunity. we have to invest in it. [ cheers and applause ] >> governor martin omaly got a prime spot on tv. he spoke about an hour ago before the key note speech. >> there are some big issues the governor will have to weigh in on here in maryland tonight. but he focused tonight on supporting president barack obama. >> he is moving the country forward, not backwards. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley was on the...
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wisconsin congressman paul ryan put his weight mitt romney before his primary on tuesday. >> what a conservative. really a man and i have much appreciate his support and endorsement. >> after the house passed ryan's budget president obama put it at the center of his campaign. >> you look at their bunt that the republicans in this house of the representatives just passed -- it's no exaggeration. they would gut things that we have always believed were at the core of making america great. >> and congressman ryan joins us now as well as the ranking democrat on the exit tee chris van hollen. a first a little bit of politics, mitt romney is predicting victory in your state on tuesday, is that right? >> i think he'll win. we expect a close race. we always had close races here in wisconsin. if mitt wins this, we also have maryland and d.c. i think mitt has a chance of winning a lot of delegates on tuesday. i think that the republicans should coalesce around the romney campaign. and move on to the general election. >> you're on the short list to be romney's vice president. i know that you're not going to
wisconsin congressman paul ryan put his weight mitt romney before his primary on tuesday. >> what a conservative. really a man and i have much appreciate his support and endorsement. >> after the house passed ryan's budget president obama put it at the center of his campaign. >> you look at their bunt that the republicans in this house of the representatives just passed -- it's no exaggeration. they would gut things that we have always believed were at the core of making...
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. >> mitt romney and paul ryan, headed into the holiday weekend, with joint appearances today in florida and virginia. >> two key states. the republican convention, of course, came to a close last night, with romney's acceptance speech. and also his endorsement by a legendary hollywood tough guy. abc's t.j. winick is standing by in tampa with a full wrap-up. good morning, t.j. >> good morning, rob and paula. some of the thunder may have been stolen by a hollywood legend. mitt romney appeared emotional speaking to the crowd in tampa last night. and he sounded some of the campaign themes he will look to hammer home over the next two months. >> mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: the nation's eyes were on mitt romney. the businessman and former governor, who made his case for leading america. >> what america needs is jobs. lots of jobs. >> reporter: the republican nominee promised, if elected, 12 million jobs over the next four years. he expressed disappointment with the current chief executive. >> you know there's something
. >> mitt romney and paul ryan, headed into the holiday weekend, with joint appearances today in florida and virginia. >> two key states. the republican convention, of course, came to a close last night, with romney's acceptance speech. and also his endorsement by a legendary hollywood tough guy. abc's t.j. winick is standing by in tampa with a full wrap-up. good morning, t.j. >> good morning, rob and paula. some of the thunder may have been stolen by a hollywood legend. mitt...
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with this choice of ryan, congressman ryan, by governor romney indicates this is not just going to be a campaign but a presidency of purpose. and that governor romney wants to be president to do something. he doesn't want to just be elected to have power and keep power. he's making a purposeful presidency based on principles. >> in this modern age, it boils down to a tweet. president obama put out a tweet to his 18.5 followers saying romney and ryan want to end medicare as we know it, while giving tax cut. that's the core argument of the obama campaign right now. how do romney and ryan beat that line? what's their tweet? >> here's the choice, george. president obama ended medicare as we know it. he's taken $716 billion out of it. and he put 15 bureaucrats in washington in charge of it, who will be making decisions about the kind of health care seniors should receive. we can choose that or choose the romney/ryan version, where seniors choose their own health care. and it's predicated on those performs are -- an idea that was born in the clinton administration. premium support. it has b
with this choice of ryan, congressman ryan, by governor romney indicates this is not just going to be a campaign but a presidency of purpose. and that governor romney wants to be president to do something. he doesn't want to just be elected to have power and keep power. he's making a purposeful presidency based on principles. >> in this modern age, it boils down to a tweet. president obama put out a tweet to his 18.5 followers saying romney and ryan want to end medicare as we know it,...
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mitt romney and paul ryan by the way this will campaign in cleveland later on today. i am katy johnson reporting from palm beach county florida where the lines could be very long throughout the day at precincts like the one you see behind me as they have been for the past week during early voting. now election supervisors throughout the five county regions are hoping for few if any problems today. the polls close here at 7 p.m. eastern time. >> i am laura hairis in largo inpinallas county and there's been an amazing early voter turn out 20,000 people voted early last week. 177,000 people voted by mail and i can tell you we are expecting long lines still out here. still very early but 7:00 the polls open. that i voted sticker is what everybody is look for. we are expecting long lines but we will continue to keep in touch with the supervisor of elections office and keep you up-to-date as we watch carefully the polls today in florida. >> here in colorado the polls open at 7 a.m. so far 1.7 million people aretaken part in early voting and the secretary of state believes t
mitt romney and paul ryan by the way this will campaign in cleveland later on today. i am katy johnson reporting from palm beach county florida where the lines could be very long throughout the day at precincts like the one you see behind me as they have been for the past week during early voting. now election supervisors throughout the five county regions are hoping for few if any problems today. the polls close here at 7 p.m. eastern time. >> i am laura hairis in largo inpinallas county...
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first, both governor romney and congressman ryan attacked the president for allegedly robbing medicare. $716 billion. that's the same attack they leveled against the congress in 2010. and they got a lot of votes on it. but it's not true. look, here's what really happened. you be the judge. here's what really happened. there were no cuts to benefit at all, none. what the president did was to save money, by taking the recommendations of a commission of professionals, to cut unwarranted subsidies to providers and insurance companies that were not making people healthier. and were not necessary to get the providers to provide the service. and instead of rating medicare, he used the savings to close the donut hole in the medicare drug program. and you all got to listen carefully, this is really important, and to add eight years to the life of the medicare trust fund so it is solvent until 2024. so president obama and the democrats didn't weaken medicare. they strengthened medicare. now, when congressman ryan looked into that tv camera and attacked president obama's medicare savings as, quot
first, both governor romney and congressman ryan attacked the president for allegedly robbing medicare. $716 billion. that's the same attack they leveled against the congress in 2010. and they got a lot of votes on it. but it's not true. look, here's what really happened. you be the judge. here's what really happened. there were no cuts to benefit at all, none. what the president did was to save money, by taking the recommendations of a commission of professionals, to cut unwarranted subsidies...
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and congressman ryan would embrace. their future would be limited, you know, working at a job. >> but how do you convey to them that a second four years will bring more than the first four did for them? >> looking as we were as a nation when president obama took office, a nation that's losing 750,000 jobs looking where we are now, with 4.5 million new jobs created, that's more than that was created under the previous administration's eight years. >> so tonight it is mayor julian castro who walks on to the international stage, by the way, his brother, his best friend and he says his life long champion is going to introduce him to the world. >> my brother has been the dreamer between the two of us. and so it's just very meaningful for me to get to share the moment with him. like we've shared everything in our lives together. >> what is the sentence you most hope people will say after tonight's speech? >> opportunity. >> really nervous, he says. and ready. and as we said, george and i and the entire political team will be
and congressman ryan would embrace. their future would be limited, you know, working at a job. >> but how do you convey to them that a second four years will bring more than the first four did for them? >> looking as we were as a nation when president obama took office, a nation that's losing 750,000 jobs looking where we are now, with 4.5 million new jobs created, that's more than that was created under the previous administration's eight years. >> so tonight it is mayor...
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you have heard paul ryan and other members of the romney/ryan team make that suggestion. they think the media is ready to write the obama comeback story. it's romney's proposition to try to stand in the way of that. by being just as aggressive on tuesday as he was in the last debate. >> how much concern are you hearing from both camps about the fine line they have to walk in terms of attacking while in this pretty delicate town hall style format where regular voters don't like that kind of vitriol? >> it's a good question because, the bottom line is, when you attack people, if i were to attack you right now, your negative ratings would go up. people watching the show would think less of you based on what i said. mine would, too, because people would think less of me for attacking. that's the delicate dance the candidates have to do. i think the town hall makes that a challenge for both romney and obama there. >> jake tapper, our senior white house correspondent, soon to be chief white house corresndent, who knees where he'll go from there? jake, thank you very much. he ha
you have heard paul ryan and other members of the romney/ryan team make that suggestion. they think the media is ready to write the obama comeback story. it's romney's proposition to try to stand in the way of that. by being just as aggressive on tuesday as he was in the last debate. >> how much concern are you hearing from both camps about the fine line they have to walk in terms of attacking while in this pretty delicate town hall style format where regular voters don't like that kind...
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turbo charged now, that mitt romney picked running mate paul ryan. the 42-year-old congressman is married. he has three kids. also a fitness fin naturanatic. there you see him with tony horton. we have the election team with jon karl, jake tapper. david muir has all of the details from st. agustin, florida. >> turbo charged that perfect world. headlines this morning, bold choice. others say romney rolling the dice. if this campaign was looking for a brand-new burst of energy that's what they got as they carved out new battleground lines in the race for president. paul ryan choking up greeted by a crowd of 10,000 strong in the home state of wisconsin. >> it's good to be home. >> reporter: ryan is known in the political world for the controversial budget plan that calls for steep cuts and the obama campaign said it would change medicare as we know it. mitt romney and his running mate seemed ready for the incoming fire on "60 minutes." >> there's only one president that robbed medicare $716 billion to pay for new risky program of his own that we call ob
turbo charged now, that mitt romney picked running mate paul ryan. the 42-year-old congressman is married. he has three kids. also a fitness fin naturanatic. there you see him with tony horton. we have the election team with jon karl, jake tapper. david muir has all of the details from st. agustin, florida. >> turbo charged that perfect world. headlines this morning, bold choice. others say romney rolling the dice. if this campaign was looking for a brand-new burst of energy that's what...
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in a ad the president is taking aim at romney's new running mate. paul ryan and his medicare plan. today in virginia, ryan fired back. >> president obama inherited a difficult situation when he came in to office. the problem is, he made things much worse. >> here is what we know about next week, paul ryan and romney will campaign together and focus in on the issue of medicare as far as the truce on taxes goes, we have heard from romney's campaign manager, no surprise, doesn't sound like that one is going to be happening. >>> political news, former rhode island congressman, kennedy, visited illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. at the mayo clinic. jackson is treated for by polar disorder and openly discussed his addictions. he has not been on capital hill since may. he was taking a medical leave of absence. jackson is responding well to treatment but unclear when he will return to work. >>> hello, i'm roosevelt leftwich, coming up new at 6:00. they've only been up for a few days and targeted by vandals. the damage done to baltimore county's newest rash of speed cameras. >>> and six
in a ad the president is taking aim at romney's new running mate. paul ryan and his medicare plan. today in virginia, ryan fired back. >> president obama inherited a difficult situation when he came in to office. the problem is, he made things much worse. >> here is what we know about next week, paul ryan and romney will campaign together and focus in on the issue of medicare as far as the truce on taxes goes, we have heard from romney's campaign manager, no surprise, doesn't sound...
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obama tried to portray the romney/ryan plan for medicare in that light. >> when you move to a voucher system you are putting seniors at the mercy of the insurance companies and over time if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart then they're stuck. >> romney zeroed in on obama's vulnerability unpopularity of his health care plan in his sense he took his eye off the economic ball when he pushed for it. terry moran, abc news, new york. >> debate coverage continues now with abc's senior washington editor rick klein. >> rick, good morning. pundits on beth side of the aisle giving this to romney. we are expecting zingers, style, not substance, a whole lot of spinach on the plate. did it work? >> couple think-tank presidents tangling there. so many studies and reports and facts and figures. i think both candidates know, voters out there want specifics, so they came loaded to bear with more specifics than most can handle. one thing that seemed lacking to me, any sense of humanity, actually touching peoples lives. in the blizzard of numbers. clearly, two guys that -- maybe a couple
obama tried to portray the romney/ryan plan for medicare in that light. >> when you move to a voucher system you are putting seniors at the mercy of the insurance companies and over time if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart then they're stuck. >> romney zeroed in on obama's vulnerability unpopularity of his health care plan in his sense he took his eye off the economic ball when he pushed for it. terry moran, abc news, new york. >> debate coverage continues now...
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. >>> mitt romney and paul ryan are making 24 stops across ten states. the latest abc poll show the latest race is president obama at 48% and mitt romney at 41%. >>> and looking to restore electricity to 1.7 million homes and businesses after a week after sandy. the job is even more urgent as temperatures fall. >>> showers in the pacific northwest. rain from minneapolis to st. louis. showers from houston to new orleans. >>> well, hundreds of runners refused to let months of training go to waste after the new york marathon was canceled, at the last minute, they switched course. >> the runners decided to take part in a not so famous race a few minutes away. they signed up at the last minute for the city's manchester city's marathon in new hampshire. some even used time to raise money for new york city. >> they left the comfort of their hotel rooms to deal with the city's hardest-hit neighborhoods. more from abc's jim dolan. >> reporter: in staten island where devastation was greatest for the city the goal was to turn disaster on its head. many of the volun
. >>> mitt romney and paul ryan are making 24 stops across ten states. the latest abc poll show the latest race is president obama at 48% and mitt romney at 41%. >>> and looking to restore electricity to 1.7 million homes and businesses after a week after sandy. the job is even more urgent as temperatures fall. >>> showers in the pacific northwest. rain from minneapolis to st. louis. showers from houston to new orleans. >>> well, hundreds of runners refused...
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the president calls the romney/ryan plan, just bad math. david kerley, abc news, the white house. >> 57 days to go. right? where is my calendar. 57. >> slowly getting there. >> interesting, again he does agree with -- the pre-existing condition but said, romney said i would like for families to be able to insure family members, whether that is children, beyond, infinite period. not until mid 20s per se. >> he has to couch his position on health carolinafully. he had reputation early on. being a flip-flopper, it came to individual mandate. or assault weapons bans. now this one. he has to couch it in the way, clarifying my position. i'm elaborating on it, not backtracking. what the obama campaign is going to paint it as the. >> trying to give specifics, minor specifics. >> from the repeal to supporting parts. >>> a tragic note from the campaign trail. a motorcycle police officer escorting president obama's motorcade in west palm beach, florida was hit by a pickup truck and killed yesterday. the officer was a 20 year veteran rather of the jupi
the president calls the romney/ryan plan, just bad math. david kerley, abc news, the white house. >> 57 days to go. right? where is my calendar. 57. >> slowly getting there. >> interesting, again he does agree with -- the pre-existing condition but said, romney said i would like for families to be able to insure family members, whether that is children, beyond, infinite period. not until mid 20s per se. >> he has to couch his position on health carolinafully. he had...
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he took the romney/ryan tech it on directly. talked about his administration and prosperity of the 90s. he didn't overshadow the president. the risk with bill clinton. he starts talking he can keep talking as he did and that overshadows president obama the main man for this week. he didn't do that tonight. there was one grate lean we didn't mention in our piece. he said, president obama has ability to reach out across the eel to reach out to rivals. he said look he appointed people to his cabinet that supported hillary clinton in the primaries. heck, he even appointed hillary clin clton to his cabinet. hillary clinton is not here, traveling abroad. they all loved it. bet you could hear the cheering over there in asia. >> bill clinton made the point about republican obstructionism in congress, factor, made his point about bipartisanship. also had to tackle the bigger to whether americans and the country are better off than four years ago, how did he delve into that last night? >> rob here, asked the question directly. before he a
he took the romney/ryan tech it on directly. talked about his administration and prosperity of the 90s. he didn't overshadow the president. the risk with bill clinton. he starts talking he can keep talking as he did and that overshadows president obama the main man for this week. he didn't do that tonight. there was one grate lean we didn't mention in our piece. he said, president obama has ability to reach out across the eel to reach out to rivals. he said look he appointed people to his...
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putting up signs of their own supporting romney/ryan. starting a bit of a sign war here in this neighborhood. yet remarkably all of the neighbors here remain friendly. >> we all have the same families, we want a safe country, we want to work. >> reporter: they don't see eye to eye on how to get there. >> we need to be able to disagree about positions and vote for whomever we want to and not take it personally. and that. >> that's where i really get mad with obama. you didn't cross the aisle. >> reporter: in the era of political instability, the neighbors on the drive have advice for washington. >> i think they need to see the humanity in the others and think they need to focus on that instead of the politics. >> should they start baking cookies for each other? >> reporter: food for thought. amy robach, maclean. >> a battleground street in a battleground state. disagree without being disagreeable. >> send us some of the cookies. that is it for this half-hour. but we do want to remind you to do the most important thing that you can do toda
putting up signs of their own supporting romney/ryan. starting a bit of a sign war here in this neighborhood. yet remarkably all of the neighbors here remain friendly. >> we all have the same families, we want a safe country, we want to work. >> reporter: they don't see eye to eye on how to get there. >> we need to be able to disagree about positions and vote for whomever we want to and not take it personally. and that. >> that's where i really get mad with obama. you...
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mitt romney appearing with paul ryan. we expected to see them together again as part of the town hall. this is a concerted effort to go on offense. even if it means they'll be talking about medicare. they'll try to shift the debate as the convention theirs. the tampa convention floor is coming together. first, on medicare, romney and requi ryan will try to end the fear. >> medicare should not be used as a piggy bank for obama care. >> reporter: paul ryan greeting his 78-year-old mother, betty, on stage in florida to convince nervous essential yors he would not jeopardize medicare. we'll get this country back on track. >> reporter: the obama campaign arguing that cuts made to medicare are savings he found in wasteful spending and that paul ryan proposed the same cut. expect them to turn the conversation back to economy and jobs. >> by your own measure, you have failed to deliver the jobs americans need. >> where are the jobs, mr. president? >> reporter: and they'll be adding another voice. ann romney. a republican source t
mitt romney appearing with paul ryan. we expected to see them together again as part of the town hall. this is a concerted effort to go on offense. even if it means they'll be talking about medicare. they'll try to shift the debate as the convention theirs. the tampa convention floor is coming together. first, on medicare, romney and requi ryan will try to end the fear. >> medicare should not be used as a piggy bank for obama care. >> reporter: paul ryan greeting his 78-year-old...
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paul ryan, he has been selected by mitt romney for his vice presidential ticket and the crowd really responded tonight, george. >> no question about that, diane. energetic delivery. it was a broad indictment of president obama's economic policy. a big gamble, putting medicare front and center. in this debate. and also, brazen in some of his claims. i want to get a quick reaction from everybody here. >> there he is on stage. he's there with his family, his three kids, ages 10 to 7, liza, charles and sam. one of them may have nodded off a little bit. earlier this afternoon, they practiced their waves. >> they were going to go up there and practice it with dad. let me go quickly to george will. we saw how much this crowd loved it. i got an e-mail got from a top democrat, it was audacious in its dishonesty. >> the sound you heard over the crowd was the loud slap of the gauntlet being thrown down. this nation needs this debate, it wants this debate, we will win this debate. four conventions ago, george, at that stage, accepting the vice presidential nomination, jack kemp, who preached aga
paul ryan, he has been selected by mitt romney for his vice presidential ticket and the crowd really responded tonight, george. >> no question about that, diane. energetic delivery. it was a broad indictment of president obama's economic policy. a big gamble, putting medicare front and center. in this debate. and also, brazen in some of his claims. i want to get a quick reaction from everybody here. >> there he is on stage. he's there with his family, his three kids, ages 10 to 7,...
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romney really likes ryan. i think he's a good chance that he's the pick. >> they have kept their cards extremely close to the vest. where do think the timing is? >> i can tell you this, matthew, some of people on the list, some of the people under consideration have been told to be ready as soon as romney comes back from this internation mall trip, doesn't mean that the pick would come immediately when he came back, but they're on stand-by mode. >> we'll see this before the convention. do you they have staff in place, whenever that picks is made, they'll hit the ground running? >> they certainly have staff in place and they're ready to go. i can tell you that those who think they have a chance of being, you know, picked are ready to go as well. you know, look, we could have somewhat of a surprise. marco rubio is still out there. and kelly alot is still out there. >>> we'll be back in a moment. but first -- three moments from this week's history. what year was it. >> the ejoint resolution is passed. >> congress
romney really likes ryan. i think he's a good chance that he's the pick. >> they have kept their cards extremely close to the vest. where do think the timing is? >> i can tell you this, matthew, some of people on the list, some of the people under consideration have been told to be ready as soon as romney comes back from this internation mall trip, doesn't mean that the pick would come immediately when he came back, but they're on stand-by mode. >> we'll see this before the...
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and while romney's number two paul ryan took on the president in colorado. >> president obama cannot run on his record. >> reporter: it was what vice president joe biden said in danville, virginia, that the romney campaign argued was a new low. >> he is going to let the big banks once again, write their own rules, unchain wall street. he is going to put y'all back in chains. >> the obama campaign says while perhaps inartfully phrased, that republicans have used a metaphor, unshackling the private sector. the romney campaign saying that the president is willing to say, romney is willing to put people back in chains. as their ever word is disected, we learned a republican who doesn't mince word will give the keynote at the republican convention, the coveted role going to governor chris christie. which christie will we see? the bold -- >> bring our country together. stop dividing it, mr. president. >> reporter: or the bombastic? >> your rear end is going to get thrown in jail, idiot. >> reporter: christie working on the fourth draft. of that keynote address of the convention. here in oh
and while romney's number two paul ryan took on the president in colorado. >> president obama cannot run on his record. >> reporter: it was what vice president joe biden said in danville, virginia, that the romney campaign argued was a new low. >> he is going to let the big banks once again, write their own rules, unchain wall street. he is going to put y'all back in chains. >> the obama campaign says while perhaps inartfully phrased, that republicans have used a...
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to say that there's really no plan there, neither from ryan and governor romney it's just the truth. if that's being harsh and partisan, i guess it's anti-partisan. >> the president's plan, there are no gigantic mystery numbers in his stuff. we do know what he's talking about. his numbers are, you know, all economic forecast are wrong, these are just ajry. >> this president has given us four years of trillion-dollar deficits. have we achieved a $1 trillion operating deficit? that's what we have under this president. >> george? >> with his prediction about what the stimulus accomplish, his green jobs accomplish, the fortunes has shot the fortunate. when the leader of the russian revolution made a lot of predictions. his biographer said, his f farsighted none of his predictions have come true yet. i think president obama is far sit sighted in the same way. >> what's interesting about that -- >> unimplement would go below 8%. >> and stay below 8%. >> they were optimistic about es own. without the stimulus, economy would fall sharply and that was, i don't know why they believed that, thi
to say that there's really no plan there, neither from ryan and governor romney it's just the truth. if that's being harsh and partisan, i guess it's anti-partisan. >> the president's plan, there are no gigantic mystery numbers in his stuff. we do know what he's talking about. his numbers are, you know, all economic forecast are wrong, these are just ajry. >> this president has given us four years of trillion-dollar deficits. have we achieved a $1 trillion operating deficit? that's...